Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Time's fun when you're having flies...

Don't you just love a fun find? Lately, I've been far more attracted to some of the older, retired stamps and stamp sets. Perhaps the hunt for ones I missed out the first time they were available is the appeal. In this case, I couldn't have been more excited to find this very old retired Stampin' Up set titled "Frogs and Flies." Isn't she just the most lovely frog lady? hee hee! I am just tickled pink to have found this set and immediately applied ink to rubber and made several cards. Typically, when I make cards, I stamp and color more than just one at a time. Invariably I'll mess one up or decide I don't like color choices. This time, though, I decided to make two cards the same. I know I'll use them. The only difference being I added the 'thank you' tag to the first and ribbon to the second. The inside sentiment reads, "Time's fun when you're having flies...". It makes me giggle everytime! The second main image stamp in the Frogs and Flies set is the handsome gentleman frog doing some fishing while sitting amongst the lily pads. It appears he's enjoying some "pickled flies" to snack on while he fishes. Do you think he bought the flies from the lady (above) selling them? I stamped a second lily pad and popped it up for a little lily pad dimension and added the same sentiment, time's fun when you're having flies..., to the inside.